A Distant Relation

A family affair

We get the picture

We're in it somewhere

Permanent fixtures

People who care

Stranger beware

This is a family affair

All of our yesterday's

Familiar rings

I have to get away

Its breaking my heart strings

We have a drink

On special occasions

It makes me think

About distant relations

A family affair

Always a mixture

Of people in chairs

Permanent fixtures

With pressure to bear

People who care

This is a family affair

Holiday snapshots

Of you and myself

Acting the crackpot

Like everyone else

The Bermuda shorts

And the summer creations

Bringing thoughts

Of those distant relations

A family affair

We brake ornaments, and get them repaired

We bring up past events that hang in the air

This is a family affair

All our yesterdays

Familiar rings

I have to get away, from some sourroundings

Weddings and funerals, special occasions

And all the usual distant relations

A family affair

Look at this picture

We're in there, look there

Permanent fixtures

People who care

Whisper who dares

This is a family affair